Crocodylomorpha
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https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/tag/91696
- Note
- "Crocodylomorpha is a group of archosaurs that includes the crocodilians and their extinct relatives.
During Mesozoic and early Cenozoic times, crocodylomorphs were far more diverse than they are now. Triassic forms were small, lightly built, active terrestrial animals. These were supplanted during the early Jurassic by various aquatic and marine forms. The Later Jurassic, Cretaceous, and Cenozoic saw a wide diversity of terrestrial and semiaquatic lineages.
"Modern" crocodilians did not appear until the Late Cretaceous.
Among the largest crocodylomorphs were:" - (en.wikipedia.org 25.12.2020)
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